Netherlands

Four clubs have always played in the country’s highest division: Ajax, Feyenoord, PSV, and FC Utrecht.

Portugal

None of Portugal’s most successful clubs – Benfica, FC Porto and Sporting Lisbon – has ever fallen from the perch of the Primeira Liga.

France

It’s complicated. FC Paris Saint-Germain have never formally been relegated. However, in 1972 the club split into two. One branch joined CA Montreuil and continued in the first division under the name of Paris FC, while PSG assumed amateur status and had to restart in the third division. PSG returned to first division in 1973-74 and has never looked back since.

England

Since the start of the Premier League in 1992, seven clubs have never faced the drop: Arsenal, Liverpool, Aston Villa, Manchester United, Everton, Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea.

However, there are no English clubs currently in existence that have never been relegated from the country’s top division. Arsenal are the team with the longest run since they were last relegated (in 1912-13 from Division One).